NICE to develop alcohol screening QOF targets
GPs could be asked to screen certain patients for alcohol misuse, after NICE advisors approved the d...
Patients with mental illness 'under-treated for other conditions', researchers warn
Patients with severe mental illness are less likely to be prescribed treatments for physical health ...
Offer longer consultations for mental health, urges senior GP
GPs should provide longer consultations and separate waiting areas to patients with serious mental h...
Call for QOF to help people with long-term depression
Introducing QOF targets for long-term depression would improve management of the condition and help ...
GPs told to boost dementia diagnoses
GP surgeries will be sent 'dementia toolkits' and asked to improve detection of dementia as part of ...
Quarter of antidepressant users 'on wrong dose'
A quarter of patients on long-term antidepressants may benefit from a change in dose and a simple re...
Mild anxiety raises mortality risk
Even mild anxiety or depression can raise a person's risk of dying prematurely, a major study sugges...
Evidence base: Alcohol-related brain damage
Guidelines and online resources for the management of alcohol-related brain damage...
Clinical Review - Alcohol-related brain damage
How to identify and manage alcohol-related brain damage, including Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. By D...
Botulinum injections arrest MS tremors
Botulinum toxin can prevent debilitating tremors among patients with MS, research has shown....
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